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Reasons I Love My Mother

Hi there.

My name is Chris Kelly, and I am a writer, comedian and actor that lives in New York City. But more importantly, I am the son of a pretty great mom.

She was diagnosed with cancer a couple of years ago, and in June of 2009, I decided to start compiling a list of 365 Reasons Why I Love My Mother.

I lived with my mother her last few months, and during the hard, sad times, I found this website helpful in focusing on the good and the happy.

My mom passed away on September 27th, 2009. She was a lovely person to have known and a lovely mother to have had.

Here are just 365 reasons why.

Chris
christopherjameskelly@gmail.com
www.chriskelly.tumblr.com

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  • Reason #359:
When my mom finally had to go bald, a couple of us made half-hearted comments along the lines of, “We’ll shave our heads too, in solidarity with you!”. I remember saying this once, too — quietly, perhaps even out of earshot.
At one point, one of her best friends offered to shave her head, and my mom said no, she didn’t want to have to look at yet another bald head for all those months.
That being said, my mom’s friend Bonnie should get credit: she said from day one that she would not be shaving any part of her head in solidarity with anyone ever.

    Reason #359:

    When my mom finally had to go bald, a couple of us made half-hearted comments along the lines of, “We’ll shave our heads too, in solidarity with you!”. I remember saying this once, too — quietly, perhaps even out of earshot.

    At one point, one of her best friends offered to shave her head, and my mom said no, she didn’t want to have to look at yet another bald head for all those months.

    That being said, my mom’s friend Bonnie should get credit: she said from day one that she would not be shaving any part of her head in solidarity with anyone ever.

    Posted on July 11, 2010 with 27 notes

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